Railway-car construction.



PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

M. KENNEDY. u RAILWAY GAR ooNsTRUcTIoN.

APPLIUATIOH IILBU JAI. 31, 1B 07.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

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M. KENNEDY. y RAILWAY GAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 31,1907.

` PATBNTED 001115, 1907.

M. KENNEDY. RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCTION.

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MARTN KBIN'EDY, Ul" CHICAGO, ILLIOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAli lx". BNNSHAW, 'OF CHXGAGO, JJLYOIS.

Specification of Leters Patent,

pplicniozi tiled January 31,1907. Serial No. 354,958.

eign' und lmsfoiiisi'iojec. the lud is i' pmiully adopted .for the is im production oi :i en r of suoli exposing the entire coi-noun; o

lion o l' e. railway freight d willi gni-iu or inner dimrs, meier-ably ivd ol' melzd :mid :irziped to be roiidiiy slid A. iurbli i lr Ulivieri,- is the pmi" -zivmy from iii-o door opening.

'iii'iliel' o* evi Llie production o zi. limy freight Cnr equipped wiil d diable pei'iimnviii if nel' doors.

These und .sui-li other objects :is um'y liereiiizifie apriva? re ziilfinvd by my device, embodiments o which are illustrati@ in ille .iLLompo-iiyiiig drawings, in Whit-li Figi-irl IL is u. side eevnuion or ai cor with the door and sheathing removed, showing my device in position. Z is im vend View or i). ear equipped wiLii my device, fill or' die mir in sertioii. Fig` 3 is .i-View ff. 2, sho "ing o. iiiodiied forni of my device.

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L ii-i e l threshold, :slid provided ils emr-e bearings 18. ,i9 Corresponde to ille threshold, :ind the izpiliiJ-r inmubers 2G correspond lo the members 1C. profided ii'iili ii .fliiosi lv'zn'ii ille door openings are mi 23, spaced ripari. while on eiilmr side, und mi. zi proper iii. uw 1711er@ frodi. uii- :Uldilion-.il post. 2l, iormiiig doors ld und lo :dion llxey :are slid will :i

", livin" ii upper giooved The opper 11n-mimi' On einher side o1 tops foi' the y from die door opening, luii's o1' dingou-.il sirius 2o are located looking4 v Tho (zar muy 'be providodwitli a hutch 45 'il between the thrust bearings 18 and 2l, also apart, the doors siiding between tie struts. `1re preferably provided with oui-turned langes :ind :ilso provided with apertures 28 and :ibly one or the -pertures 28 is loomed iii the boiioin of one door vbl, while lie other upernure 29 preferably of an oblonw shape, to provide for the iiiiroduction of au elevador boot, is located iii tl. e upper partei' the e.. door l5. Seated widxin the'door pois mi pins 3G i, While die oui-turned flanges ol' the ydoors :1.o yrovided with Corresponding openings I pins. Wl the doors are die openings 3l permit the ill-.it the flange of Lhedoei .his snugly :ig side of the post. Cotter pins 3l, or any other are inserted in. holes iu the piu Lo hold the door in place. These pins may be secured to die I uges oi' Llu- (loor iu any desired marmer, and Corresponding i denianionsl'net sliown.)may be i ade iii ille door posh to receive such fastenings, 'ulloxif'ing die fia-nge of die doorto iit suugljy'zigaiust the post. Slides 32-33 are adapted to iii over the openings 2S sind 2S, bearings, 341 and 35 being secured 1.o the doors and seated wiliin tlie slots 36 and 37 in tho siides 252-33- llie seid slides Bil-33 lit-.ve oui-turned flzinges'rSS-,IBQ to which are secured bosses or pins Al() aud 4l sixxilar to the pins 3G. The ilmiges ol' the doors also provided with openings 42.-43 registeringwith Elie pins MEQ-41. and within which tie pins seated when the slide is over ilo.- herture. The pins may be ocleil iu place by oi-nii oi Cotter pins ll--/gwhicli are secured lo die door in the same maimei S, and disposed oi' iii tlm une way.

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the car, if desired, or which may 'oo 'a1 Centei omo .o passing Lne) ille o the voll serv oi wil 'maid which one of 'Lie pair of door L than the ogposile oost. SO, so tha 'Elie comes lliisli only wit i Ehe posi- 50, ly construction, the entire door opening is le sti'uctel.

in lie construction show-1 in Fig. 3, the ianges corresponding to Llie flanges ZGwin the oil ii" consiructioxx, are considerably Wider, The Lliesiiold 53 is rubbeted shown :i 5i, zuid the upper xiiexirber 55 has 1L Corresponding groove 56. The doors .3B slide within this groove. The side the vdoor 59 abutting againstr the rabbeted threshold forms a groove within which the bottom ,of the door slides, While a strip 60,

preferably of metal, is secured to the upper part of the slide the doors upwardly before-swingirigithem inca r, forming with the rabbeted upper member a groove within which the upper part of the door slides. By this construction, when the door is slid back, a por- 'tion of the side ofthe car is entirely protected by the Heretoi'ore the carryingof grain and like shifting products by the railroad companies has necessitated the use of inner grain doors generally made of wood and easily removable. The result has been that it has Anearly always been necessary to requip cars with doors after each trip, The doors themselves being of wood and readily removable, were often thrown out by the parties unloading the cars or stolen along the way or atl the receiving station. The cost to the railroadY for these doors is not a large sum for the individual doors, but 'when a period of years,s considered, the sum reaches a'large amount, and is practically a total loss to the company. I am aware that doors are used on some cars that, are more or less permanently attached to the sides of the car and adapted to swing inwardly and upwardly and held against the top of the car. These constructions are all, however, open to objection for various reasons, In most of the cases, guiding rods are necessary along the side ofthe car upon whicheyes secured -toltheldoors slide. These rods become bent, oftentimes, rendering it difiicult-if not impossible-to wardly and upwardly against the top of the car. In

this construction, it is also necessary to have a retain! ing hook or bracket, or a plurality of them, at the top ofthe car, in order to hold the door in place. yIn order to render these devices operative in the highest sense, it is, of course, essential that the doors can be readily secured in place at the top of the car, and at the same time making it equally impossiblefor the doors to be readily disengaged from their support. This is a`se rious disadvantage, as inthe event that the support- `ing hooks are knocked aside by anyone within the car,

' the device inoperative,v while from the very nature of the construction of' my device there is practically no liability ofthe doors ever being in the way. Most of the doors in use also provide for closing onlythe lower s half of the door opening, rendering it impossible to loadv the car much more than half its capacity. By

theuse of my improved construction, the door opening 'I is entirely' closed', and the grain or other commodity incar frame adjacent to the door openings.'

scanso ter to withdraw any portion, or, in fact, nearly all of the contents of the c'ar, without opening the doors. When the sliding coverings to the openings are securely in place, and the two parts of the doors locked, the entire door opening is tightly closed, rendering it impossible for any of the contents to escape.` The- 'factv that the doors are constructed of metal renders themespecially durable, and also reduces to a minimum the possibility of tampering therewith morder to removeany of the contents of the car.

In the `construction shown in Figs. l, 2, 4 .and f1 the frame-work of the car adjacent to the door is separated, leaving a channel therebetween in which' the doors can b e slid when opened, so that the door itself is entirely out ofthe way, and the outwardly turned flanges 26, 27 are flush with the door posts. As shown' in Fig. 4, the outer posts may beset back or cut away sufficiently so that the pins will not project into the openings,an advantageous feature whe'n the car is used for ordinary In the construction shown in Fig. 3, which Vis espe- V cially applicable in equipping old carswith the device, double framing is dispensed with, the body of the inner doors sliding within the grooves 54 and 56 close to Y the inner sheathing of the car. 'In this construction, when the car doors are opened, the middle doors are close againstl the sheathing, and entirely out of the way. This feature is one of especial value when it, is necessary to use the cars, as it often is, vfor the loading of furniture or other merchandise. The ymetal doors not being needed, are slid back, vand being close against the sheathing', add to the strength of the car and are entirely out ot the Way.

What I claim as my invention is: E A I .i

1.v In a car, the combination with a hody`arid frame, of outer doors and inner doors, ot grooved thresholds, of channel bars at either end thereof and abutting thereto, and a series .of uprights 11nd struts therebetween; said uprights and struts forming a portionwof the car frame adjacent to said door openings. j

2. In a car, the combination with a body and frame, of outer andv inner doors, of grooved thresholds, of channel bars ateither end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of upper grooved members corresponding thereto, and a series of uprights and struts therebetween, said members being provided with thrust bearings against which the ends of said struts are adaptedfto rest; said uprights and struts forming a portion of the car frame adjacent to the door openings.

3. In a car, the combination with n body and frame-of outer and inner doors, of grooved thresholds, of channel barsat either end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of upper grooved lmembers corresponding thereto, land a double series rof uprignts and struts therebetween spaced apart, said uprights and ,strutsforming a'fportion 4.' In a car,the combingtion with a body and' frame, of outer and `limer doors, of groovedthresholds, ofl channel bars ateither end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of 'of die upper 'groot/ed members corresponding thereto, and' a double series of uprights and struts therebetween spaced apart, said members being provided with thrust bearings 'against which the ends of said struts are adapted to rest,`

bars at either end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of upper grooved members corresponding thereto, and 'av istr season double serieu of uprghts and struts therebetween spaced apart, said, members being provided with thrust hearings i against which the ends of said struts are adapted to rest,

said uprigiets* and struts forming a portion of'the car frame adjacent to 'the door openings, said inner doors iltting within said grooves and adapted to slide in the passages between said uprights and struts.

o. in enr, the combination with a body and frame, of

outer and inner doors, of grooved thresholds, of channelA rbars at either end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of ing aperture-d end fitting Within said grooves and adapted to slide in the passages between said uprights and struts.

7. in e ear, the combination with e, body and frame, of

'outer and inner doors, of grooved thresholds, of channel bers at either-,end thereof and abutting; thereto, a series oi upper grooved members corresponding thereto, and a double series of uprights and struts therebetween spaced npnrt, seid members being provided with thrustrbearings ngninst which the ends oi sai-id struts ure adapted to rest, said uprif'hts end struts forming a Aportion ofthe cnr I'rnine adjacent to the door openings, said inner.y doors be ing spertured and it'ting within said grooves und adapted to slide in the passages between said upriglits and struts, and sliding members covering said apertures.

S. ,In u car, the combination with a body und frame, of outer and inner doors, ot' grooved thresholds, `oi' channel lnu's at either end thereof und abutting thereto, and u double series of uprights und struts therebetween spliced apart, said members beingr provided with thrust bearings against which the ends of said struts are adapted to rest, :4u-id uprights and struts forming; a portion ot' the cnr frame mijne-ent to the door openings, said inner doorsl being :rpcrtured and fitting within said grooves und adapted to slide in the pusstees between said uprighis and struts, sliding,r members covering said apertures, and means for securingf said doorsiogether.

o. in a wir, the combination with a body and frame, of outer und inner floors, of groov'ed thresholds. of channel hui-s ntreilher end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of upper grnoved. members corresponding thereto, and a double series o uprights and struts therebetween spaced apart, said members being provided with thrust bearings I against 'which the upper ends of said struts are adapted to rest, said uprights and struts forming a portion oi the ear frame adjacent to the door openings, said inner-doors being upertured and tltting Within said grooves und. adapted to ing members covering said apertures, and means for securing said doors together, said means comprising pins or ing openings` in the other door.

hatches in the top thereof, of outer and inner doors, of grooved thresholds, kof channel bars onleither end thereof and abutting thereto, a series of upper grooved members struts therebetween spaced apart, said members being pro.

a portion of the car frame adjacent to tbe door openings, said inner doors being apertured and fitting `Witiiineaid grooves and adapted to slide in the passages between said uprlghts and struts, sliding memberscovering said apertures, and means for securing said doorstogether, said adnpted to lit in corresponding openings in the other.

111. in a car, the combination with a body-and frame', of outer doors, inner metal doors, of grooved thresholds, o channel bars on either end thereof and abutting' thereto, e.

and u double series of uprights and struts 41hereinetweeie MARTIN' KENNEDY.

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slide in the passages between said uprights and struts, siidbosses secured to one door and adapted to di; in correspond- 10. In a car, the combination with e. body and frame, 0t v corresponding thereto, and a double series of uprights and means comprising pins or bosses secured to one door and spaced apart, said members being provided with thrust vided with thrust bearings against which the endsof said struts are adapted to rest, said uprights and struts forming' series of upper grooved `members corresponding thereto, 

